Barack Obama actually said...

I would exercise my authority to fill critically needed positions in the Federal Government temporarily through the use of recess appointments.

Statement on Senate Confirmation of Presidential Nominees

02/10/2010

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We're poised for progress.

No job in America should go unfilled just because we don't have anybody with the right skills.

Gregory Howard Woods, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Barbara S. Jones, retired.

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